[ale] Idiots shutting out those with visual problems: was Weird window-manager shenanigans on debian 12...
William Wylde
durtybill at gmail.com
Wed Sep 24 17:29:07 EDT 2025
Ngrok says it's working too!
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>>>> >>>> Start Sep 24, 2025 5:25 PM <<<< <<<< <<<< <<<< <<<<
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM William Wylde <durtybill at gmail.com> wrote:
> It wasn't designed to work with tor only. It's not an .onion address.
> It does work with tor, as any site would. I can also access it through my
> phone, and my VPN is connecting from someplace like Idaho or something on
> that device. I don't remember exactly where I have it pointing. My
> nephew in Va. also can access it, and has joined my bbs... That's weird.
>
> But yeah, you're right. I just ran nmap on the hostname and it says it's
> not there. But tor and my vpn in idaho (or wherever) connects with no
> problem. Hmmm...
>
> willieb at bloodlands:~$ ps -aux | grep ngrok
> root 4655 0.0 0.4 1252484 37124 ? Sl Sep23 0:41 ngrok
> http 80 --config /app/.ngrok2/ngrok.yml --url=bloodlands.shadows.ngrok.dev
> willieb 98358 0.0 0.0 6340 2156 pts/1 S+ 16:51 0:00 grep
> --color=auto ngrok
>
> I-
> willieb at bloodlands:~$ sudo journalctl -u ngrok.service
> Aug 25 22:15:06 bloodlands systemd[1]: Started ngrok.service - ngrok
> secure tunnel client.
> Aug 25 22:15:09 bloodlands ngrok[752]: INFO[08-25|22:15:09] detect init
> system sys=linux-systemd
> Aug 25 22:15:09 bloodlands ngrok[752]: INFO[08-25|22:15:09] open config
> file path=/root/C:ngrok.yml err="open /root/C:ngro>
> Aug 25 22:15:09 bloodlands ngrok[752]: Failed to load configuration: Error
> reading configuration file '/root/C:ngrok.yml': open /root/C:ngrok.yml:>
> Aug 25 22:15:09 bloodlands systemd[1]: ngrok.service: Main process exited,
> code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> Aug 25 22:15:09 bloodlands systemd[1]: ngrok.service: Failed with result
> 'exit-code'.
> Aug 25 22:15:24 bloodlands systemd[1]: ngrok.service: Scheduled restart
> job, restart counter is at 1.
> Aug 25 22:15:24 bloodlands systemd[1]: Stopped ngrok.service - ngrok
> secure tunnel client.
> Aug 25 22:15:24 bloodlands systemd[1]: Started ngrok.service - ngrok
> secure tunnel client.
> Aug 25 22:15:24 bloodlands ngrok[1055]: INFO[08-25|22:15:24] detect init
> system sys=linux-systemd
> Aug 25 22:15:24 bloodlands ngrok[1055]: INFO[08-25|22:15:24] open config
> file path=/root/C:ngrok.yml err="open /root/C:ngr>
> Aug 25 22:15:24 bloodlands ngrok[1055]: Failed to load configuration:
> Error reading configuration file '/root/C:ngrok.yml': open
> /root/C:ngrok.yml>
> Aug 25 22:15:24 bloodlands systemd[1]: ngrok.service: Main process exited,
> code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> Aug 25 22:15:24 bloodlands systemd[1]: ngrok.service: Failed with result
> 'exit-code'.
> Aug 25 22:15:39 bloodlands systemd[1]: ngrok.service: Scheduled restart
> job, restart counter is at 2.
> Aug 25 22:15:39 bloodlands systemd[1]: Stopped ngrok.service - ngrok
> secure tunnel client.
> Aug 25 22:15:39 bloodlands systemd[1]: Started ngrok.service - ngrok
> secure tunnel client.
> Aug 25 22:15:39 bloodlands ngrok[2993]: INFO[08-25|22:15:39] detect init
> system sys=linux-systemd
> Aug 25 22:15:39 bloodlands ngrok[2993]: INFO[08-25|22:15:39] open config
> file path=/root/C:ngrok.yml err="open /root/C:ngr>
> Aug 25 22:15:39 bloodlands ngrok[2993]: Failed to load configuration:
> Error reading configuration file '/root/C:ngrok.yml': open
> /root/C:ngrok.yml>
> Aug 25 22:15:39 bloodlands systemd[1]: ngrok.service: Main process exited,
> code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> Aug 25 22:15:39 bloodlands systemd[1]: ngrok.service: Failed with result
> 'exit-code'.
> Aug 25 22:15:54 bloodlands systemd[1]: ngrok.service: Scheduled restart
> job, restart counter is at 3.
> Aug 25 22:15:54 bloodlands systemd[1]: Stopped ngrok.service - ngrok
> secure tunnel client.
> Aug 25 22:15:54 bloodlands systemd[1]: Started ngrok.service - ngrok
> secure tunnel client.
> Aug 25 22:15:54 bloodlands ngrok[3313]: INFO[08-25|22:15:54] detect init
> system sys=linux-systemd
> Aug 25 22:15:54 bloodlands ngrok[3313]: INFO[08-25|22:15:54] open config
> file path=/root/C:ngrok.yml err="open /root/C:ngr>
> Aug 25 22:15:54 bloodlands ngrok[3313]: Failed to load configuration:
> Error reading configuration file '/root/C:ngrok.yml': open
> /root/C:ngrok.yml>
> Aug 25 22:15:54 bloodlands systemd[1]: ngrok.service: Main process exited,
> code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
>
> Apparently, you are all right. I don't understand why my VPN and tor are
> still telling me the site is up, though. And nmap also agrees with y'all.
> It's looking for the yaml file (all of a sudden at somplace like
> /C:/windowscrap/andmorewindowscrap). Apparently the system upgraded it and
> the call for version 295 wasn't changed in the ngrok.service file (the
> latest in my snap dir is 315, and 295 is non-existent). I fixed the
> service file, now I've got to find the yaml file. Thank God for "find"
> because I can't remember where it is... lol...
>
> I've got tinkering to do. Fixed the .yml path... still won't run. I
> still don't understand why tor and my phone can find it through those
> vpns... ?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:44:52 -0400
>> William Wylde via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > > The preceding URL didn't resolve, giving a "ERR_NGROK_3200",
>> > > whatever that means. I know of one distro, whose filthy name I
>> > > won't mention, who not only used 6 point fonts on X11, but arranged
>> > > their framebuffer to to use the same tiny fonts.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > It works for me through the tor network. Are you using google
>> > nameservers? They sometimes mess with ngrok addresses. You tube
>> > does too. You have to use a tinurl to get them to work off YouTube.
>>
>> Dohhhh! Teaches me to skim over replies. I didn't involve the tor
>> network at all. If it was supposed to be used with tor, my not being
>> able to pull it up is the URL operating as designed.
>>
>> SteveT
>>
>> Steve Litt
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always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can
become great.” ― Mark Twain
Philippians 4:13
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*I* *can* *do* *all* *things* *through* *Christ* *who* *strengthens* *me*.
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